List of film score composers
The following is a list of notable people who compose or have composed soundtrack music for films (i.e. film scores), television, video games and radio.
A
- Rod Abernethy — Star Trek: Encounters, Wheelman, Dead Space
- Amanda Abizaid — The 13th Alley
- J. J. Abrams (b. 1966) — Felicity, Lost, Alias, Fringe[1]
- André Abujamra (b. 1965) — Durval Discos, Carandiru[2]
- Bojan Adamič (1912–1995) — Valter Brani Sarajevo[3]
- John Adams (b. 1947) — Matter of Heart[4]
- Barry Adamson (b. 1958) — Lost Highway, Delusion
- Richard Addinsell (1904–1977) — Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Dangerous Moonlight, Beau Brummell[5]
- John Addison (1920–1988) — Tom Jones, A Bridge Too Far[6]
- Larry Adler (1914–2001) — Genevieve[7]
- Mirwais Ahmadzaï (b. 1960) — No Body Is Perfect, Pardonnez-moi
- Air (formed 1995) — The Virgin Suicides[8]
- Masami Akita (Merzbow; formed 1979) — The Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man, Lost Paradise
- Yasushi Akutagawa (1925–1989) — Gate of Hell, Fires on the Plain, Mount Hakkoda[9]
- Ismo Alanko (b. 1960) — Taivaan tulet, Remontti
- Mazhar Alanson (b. 1950) — Everything's Gonna Be Great[10]
- Damon Albarn (b. 1968) — Ordinary Decent Criminal, Ravenous, 101 Reykjavík[11]
- Timothy Albee (b. 1970) — Kaze, Ghost Warrior[12]
- Dan Andrei Aldea (b. 1950) — Nunta de piatră
- Edesio Alejandro (b. 1958) — Life Is to Whistle, Suite Habana, Un rey en la Habana[13]
- Alessandro Alessandroni (b. 1925) — Any Gun Can Play
- Jeff Alexander (1910–1989) — The Tender Trap, Jailhouse Rock, Kid Galahad[14]
- Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960) — The Girl of Solbakken, Mans kvinna
- Hossein Alizadeh (b. 1951) — Gabbeh, A Time for Drunken Horses, Turtles Can Fly
- Herb Alpert (b. 1935) — Trabanten
- John Altman (b. 1949) — Little Voice[15]
- Javier Álvarez (b.1956) — Cronos
- William Alwyn (1905–1985) — The Fallen Idol, Odd Man Out, Fires Were Started
- Masamichi Amano (b.1957) — Battle Royale, Giant Robo
- W. D. Amaradeva (b.1927) — Adata Vediya Heta Hondai, Delovak Athara, Getawarayo, Sikuru Tharuwa
- Alejandro Amenábar (b.1972) — The Sea Inside, The Others
- Daniele Amfitheatrof (1901–1983) — Lassie Come Home, Song of the South, Guest Wife
- David Amram (b.1930) — The Manchurian Candidate, Splendor in the Grass
- Anamanaguchi (formed 2004) — Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
- Anand Raj Anand — Dishayen, Masti, Masoom
- Kai Normann Andersen (1900–1967) — Præsten i Vejlby, Hotel Paradis, Odds 777, Nøddebo Præstegård
- Murray C. Anderson — In My Country, Boy called Twist
- Benny Andersson (b.1946) — Mio in the Land of Faraway, Songs from the Second Floor, You, the Living
- Michael Andrews (b.1959) — Donnie Darko, Orange County, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- Jurriaan Andriessen (1925–1996) — De aanslag, Dorp aan de rivier, De dans van de reiger
- George Antheil (1900–1959) — In a Lonely Place, Ballet Mécanique
- Paul Antonelli (b. 1959) — China O'Brien, Out of the Dark
- Yoshino Aoki (b. 1971) — video game music composer; Breath of Fire III, Breath of Fire IV
- Louis Applebaum (1918–2000) — The Story of G.I. Joe
- Takanori Arisawa (1951–2005) — Sailor Moon, Digimon
- David Arkenstone (b. 1952) — Robot Wars, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
- Harold Arlen (1905–1986) — The Wizard of Oz
- Craig Armstrong (b.1959) — Romeo + Juliet, Ray, Moulin Rouge!
- Leo Arnaud (1904–1991) — The Kissing Bandit, Apache Rose, The F.B.I.
- David Arnold (b.1962) — Independence Day, Quantum of Solace, Little Britain
- Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006) — The Bridge on the River Kwai, Hobson's Choice, Whistle Down the Wind, The Belles of St Trinian's
- Len Arran (b. 1961) — Soulboy, The Truth About Love
- Jorge Arriagada (b.1943) — Time Regained, Klimt, Salvador Allende
- Claude Arrieu (1903–1990) — Les Gueux au paradis, Marchands de rien, Le Tombeur
- Eduard Artemyev (b.1937) — Solaris, Stalker, Burnt by the Sun
- Joseph Arthur (b. 1971) — Hell's Kitchen, Deliver Us from Evil
- Art Zoyd (formed 1968) — new scores for Nosferatu, Metropolis, Häxan
- Jeff Arwady — The Wintress, The Model Father
- Noriyuki Asakura (b. 1954) — video game composer; Onimusha, Way of the Samurai
- Assassin (formed 1985) — La Haine
- Edwin Astley (1922—1998) — The Saint, Danger Man, Civilisation, The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Richard Attree — Horizon, The Demon Headmaster, Watt on Earth
- Georges Auric (1899–1983) — La Belle et la bete, Bonjour Tristesse, Lola Montès, The Wages of Fear, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Eric Avery (b.1965) — Sex with Strangers, Soul Kiss
- Max Avery Lichtenstein — Tarnation, Puzzlehead
- Mark Ayres — Doctor Who
- Alexandre Azaria (b. 1967) — Transporter 2, Transporter 3, Astérix et les Vikings
- Lex de Azevedo — The Swan Princess, Where the Red Fern Grows
- Charles Aznavour (b. 1924) — Le cercle vicieux, L'île du bout du monde, C'est pas moi, c'est l'autre
B
- Luis Bacalov (b. 1933) — Django, Il Postino, The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Storm Rider
- Burt Bacharach (b. 1928) — Casino Royale, What's New Pussycat, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Lost Horizon
- Pierre Bachelet (1944–2005) — Emmanuelle, Les Bronzés font du ski, Story of O, Emmanuelle 5
- Chris P. Bacon (b. 1977) — Alpha and Omega, Source Code, Waking Sleeping Beauty
- Michael Bacon (b .1949) — Loverboy, The Last Good Time, King Gimp
- Angelo Badalamenti (b. 1937) — Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, The City of Lost Children, Mulholland Drive
- Klaus Badelt (b. 1967) — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Equilibrium, Wu ji
- Paul Baillargeon (b. 1944) — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise
- Constantin Bakaleinikoff (1896–1966) — Higher and Higher
- Mischa Bakaleinikoff (1890–1960) — Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, 20 Million Miles to Earth, It Came from Beneath the Sea
- Buddy Baker (1918–2002) — The Fox and the Hound, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Napoleon and Samantha
- Alexander Bălănescu (b. 1954) — Tabló, Il partigiano Johnny, Dem Himmel ganz nah
- Iain Ballamy (b. 1964) — MirrorMask
- Glen Ballard (b. 1953) — Navy SEALs, The Polar Express, Clubland
- Richard Band (b. 1953) — Re-Animator, Puppet Master
- Thomas Bangalter (b. 1975) — Irréversible
- Don Banks (1923–1980) — Die, Monster, Die!, The Reptile, Rasputin, the Mad Monk
- Claus Bantzer (b. 1942) — Cherry Blossoms
- Victor M. Barba (b. 1960) - "Suenos Amargos", "The Penny"
- Lesley Barber (b. 1968) — You Can Count on Me, Mansfield Park, Little Bear
- Gato Barbieri (b. 1934) — Last Tango in Paris
- Blixa Bargeld (b. 1959) — To Have & to Hold, Jonas in the Desert, Recycled
- Mister Bark (b. 1985) — Objective Beauty, L'aimante
- James Edward Barker — Psych 9, The Drought, The Vanishment
- Warren Barker (1923–2006) — Bewitched
- Andrew Barnabas (b. 1973) — MediEvil, Primal
- Erran Baron Cohen (b. 1968) — Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Brüno, Da Ali G Show
- Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio (1895–1964) — Pachamama, Bendita seas, Los peores del barrio
- Bebe Barron (1925–2008) — Forbidden Planet
- Louis Barron (1920–1989) — Forbidden Planet
- John Barry (1933–2011) — Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Out of Africa, Midnight Cowboy
- Steve Bartek (b. 1952) — Novocaine, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Desperate Housewives
- Dee Barton (1937–2001) — High Plains Drifter, Play Misty for Me, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Death Screams
- Stephen Barton (b. 1982) — Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The Six Wives of Henry Lefay
- Jules Bass (b. 1935) — The Wacky World of Mother Goose, The Wind in the Willows
- George Bassman (1914–1997) — A Day at the Races, Middle of the Night, Producers' Showcase
- Tyler Bates — 300, Watchmen, Sucker Punch, The Devil's Rejects
- Hubert Bath (1883–1945) — Tudor Rose, A Yank at Oxford, Millions Like Us
- Mark Batson — Bad Boys II, Beauty Shop, War
- Mike Batt (b. 1949) — Caravans, Watership Down, The Dreamstone, Keep the Aspidistra Flying
- Julián Bautista (1901–1961) — La Dama del millón, Café Cantante, La maestrita de los obreros
- Arnold Bax (1883–1953) — Oliver Twist, Malta, G. C.
- Les Baxter (1922–1996) — Wild in the Streets, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, The Dunwich Horror, Black Sunday
- Stephen Baysted — GTR 2 – FIA GT Racing Game, GT Legends
- Jeff Beal (b. 1963) — Monk, Pollock
- John Beal — Vega$, The Funhouse, Eight Is Enough, Happy Days, Terror in the Aisles
- Robin Beanland (b. 1968) — Conker's Bad Fur Day, Conker: Live and Reloaded
- Guy Béart (b. 1930) — Girl and the River, Manon des Sources, Une souris chez les hommes
- Bobby Beausoleil (b. 1947) — Lucifer Rising
- Giuseppe Becce (1877–1973) — The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Der letzte Mann, Tiefland
- Beck (b. 1970) — Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Christophe Beck (b. 1972) — Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Elektra, The Pink Panther, Waiting for "Superman"
- Jeff Beck (b. 1944) — Frankie's House
- David Bell (b. 1954) — Star Trek: Enterprise, Murder, She Wrote
- Andrew Belling — Wizards, Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, Hangar 18
- Richard Bellis — It, Heart of the Storm
- Marco Beltrami (b. 1966) — Scream, The Hurt Locker, I, Robot, 3:10 to Yuma
- Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960) — The Man Who Knew Too Much, An Ideal Husband, Above Us the Waves, Fire Down Below
- Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936) — Murder on the Orient Express, Far from the Madding Crowd, Four Weddings and a Funeral
- David Bergeaud (b. 1968) — Prince Valiant, Ratchet & Clank, The Outer Limits
- Irving Berlin (1888–1989) — Top Hat, Holiday Inn, Easter Parade
- James Bernard (1925–2001) — Horror of Dracula, Taste the Blood of Dracula, The Devil Rides Out, The Curse of Frankenstein
- Charles Bernstein (b. 1950) — A Nightmare on Elm Street, Cujo, White Lightning
- Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004) — The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, Far from Heaven
- Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) — On the Waterfront
- Adam Berry — South Park, Balto II: Wolf Quest, Kim Possible
- The Besnard Lakes (formed 2003) — Sympathy for Delicious
- Peter Best (b. 1943) — "Crocodile" Dundee, Doing Time for Patsy Cline, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
- Kurt Bestor (b. 1958) — Good Morning America, Monday Night Football
- Harry Betts (b. 1922) — Black Mama, White Mama, The Fantastic Plastic Machine
- Vishal Bhardwaj (b.1960) — The Blue Umbrella, Omkara, Godmother
- Amin Bhatia (b. 1961) — Iron Eagle II, Queer as Folk, The Zack Files
- Vanraj Bhatia (b. 1927) — Jaya Ganga, Ankur, Manthan, Junoon
- Christian Biegai (b. 1974) — Eagle vs Shark
- Magnus Birgersson — Mirror's Edge
- Anil Biswas (1914–2003) — Kismet, Aurat, Journey Beyond Three Seas
- Bruno Bizarro (b.1979) — A Vida Privada de Salazar, Niño Migraña, O Rosto da Traição
- Ragnar Bjerkreim (b. 1958) — Kamilla and the Thief
- Björk (b.1965) — Dancer in the Dark, Drawing Restraint 9
- Stanley Black (1913–2002) — Laughter in Paradise, Summer Holiday, The Young Ones
- Richard Blackford (b. 1954) — House of Harmony, The Shell Seekers
- Howard Blake (b. 1938) — The Bear, The Duellists, Flash Gordon, The Snowman
- Art Blakey (1919–1990) — Des femmes disparaissent, Man Outside, Stop Driving Us Crazy
- Terence Blanchard (b. 1962) — Inside Man, Malcolm X, Clockers, Sugar Hill
- Jamie Blanks — Storm Warning, Long Weekend
- Teddy Blass (b. 1984) — Byoukimon, Chain Shooter, Fortune's Prime
- Arthur Bliss (1891–1975) — Things to Come, Men of Two Worlds, Seven Waves Away
- Len Blum — East End Hustle
- Armando Bó (1914–1981) — Fuego, Una Mariposa en la noche, La Leona
- Wes Boatman — Guiding Light, The Banger Sisters, As the World Turns
- Michael Boddicker (b. 1953) — The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, White Water Summer, The Adventures of Milo and Otis
- Ed Bogas — Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic, Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
- Claude Bolling (b. 1930) — Borsalino, California Suite, Daisy Town
- Bernardo Bonezzi (b. 1964) — Law of Desire, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
- Luiz Bonfá (1922–2001) — Black Orpheus
- Fred Bongusto (b. 1935) — Malicious, Fantozzi contro tutti, Superfantozzi
- R C Boral (1903–1982) — Mahobbat Ke Aansu, Dhoop Chhaon, Swami Vivekanand
- Simon Boswell (b. 1956) — Santa Sangre, Dust Devil, Tin Man
- Martin Böttcher (b. 1927) — Winnetou, Derrick, Das schwarze Schaf
- Frédéric Botton (1937–2008) — Hunting and Gathering
- Roddy Bottum (b. 1963) — Adam & Steve, What Goes Up, Kabluey
- Ned Bouhalassa (b. 1962) — Fries with That?, 15/Love
- Pierre Boulez (b. 1925) — La symphonie mécanique, Le soleil des eaux
- Pieter Bourke — The Insider, Ali
- David Bowie (b. 1947) — Labyrinth, The Buddha of Suburbia
- Scott Bradley (1891–1977) — Tom and Jerry, Droopy, Barney Bear
- Steven Bramson — The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, NCIS, The Nine
- Glenn Branca (b. 1948) — The Belly of an Architect
- Otto Brandenburg (1934–2007) — Villa Vennely
- Angelo Branduardi (b. 1950) — Momo
- Stephen Bray (b. 1956) — Who's That Girl, Psycho III
- Michael Breckenridge — June Cabin, The Briefcase, Bloodletting: Life, Death and Health Care
- Buddy Bregman (b. 1930) — The Delicate Delinquent, Five Guns West, Guns, Girls, and Gangsters
- Goran Bregović (b. 1950) — Time of the Gypsies, Underground
- Joseph Carl Breil (1870–1926) — The Birth of a Nation, Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth
- Willem Breuker (1944–2010) — De illusionist, De IJssalon, Het teken van het beest
- Philip Brigham — Road to Salina, The Adventures of Pete & Pete
- Jon Brion (b. 1963) — Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Benjamin Britten(1913–1976) — Night Mail
- Jeff Britting (b. 1957) — Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
- Timothy Brock (b. 1963) — new music for silent films Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Faust', Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis
- Michael Brook (b. 1951) — An Inconvenient Truth, Into the Wild
- Eric Brosius — System Shock 2, Thief: The Dark Project, Guitar Hero
- Dirk Brossé (b. 1960) — Daens, When the Light Comes, A Peasant's Psalm
- Bruce Broughton (b. 1945) — Silverado, Lost in Space, Young Sherlock Holmes
- Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) — Like Water for Chocolate, La última cena, CSI: NY
- Bill Brown (b. 1969) — Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- James Brown (1933–2006) — Black Caesar, Slaughter's Big Ripoff
- George Bruns (1914–1983) — Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood
- Joanna Bruzdowicz (b. 1943) — Vagabond, Jacquot de Nantes
- Gavin Bryars (b. 1943) — A Song of Love, Central Bazaar, Smert v Pensne ili nash Chekhov
- BT (b. 1971) — Go, The Fast and the Furious, Monster, Stealth
- David Buckley (b. 1976) — Blood Creek, The Forbidden Kingdom, From Paris with Love
- Paul Buckmaster (b. 1946) — 12 Monkeys, Son of Dracula, Out-of-Sync, Most Wanted, The Rainbow Warrior
- Harold Budd (b. 1936) — Mysterious Skin
- Roy Budd (1947–1993) — Get Carter, The Carey Treatment, The Sea Wolves, Who Dares Wins
- Peter Buffett (b. 1958) — The Tillamook Treasure, For the Next 7 Generations, Sky Dancers
- Bun Bun — Breath of Fire, Metal Slug 1st Mission, Mega Man 3
- Roman Bunka (b. 1951) — Paul Bowles - Halbmond, ¿Bin ich schön?
- Velton Ray Bunch — Magnum, P.I., JAG, Nash Bridges
- Geoffrey Burgon (1941–2010) — Brideshead Revisited, Monty Python's Life of Brian, The Chronicles of Narnia
- Rahul Dev Burman (1939–1994) — Teesri Manzil, Padosan, Baharon Ke Sapne
- Sachin Dev Burman (1906–1975) — Baazi, Shabnam, Pyaasa
- J. J. Burnel (b. 1952) — Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
- Justin Burnett (b. 1973) — SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2, Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
- T-Bone Burnett (b. 1948) — O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Walk the Line, Don't Come Knocking
- Ralph Burns (1922–2001) — Lenny, All That Jazz, Star 80
- Carter Burwell (b. 1954) — Fargo, Being John Malkovich, Blood Simple, True Grit, Miller's Crossing
- David Buttolph (1902–1982) — Maverick, Kiss of Death, The Virginian
- Joseph Byrd (b. 1937) — Lions Love, Health, The Ghost Dance
- David Byrne (b. 1952) — The Last Emperor, Young Adam, Big Love
C
- John Cacavas (b. 1930) — Kojak, Horror Express, The Bionic Woman
- John Cage (1912–1992) — Dreams That Money Can Buy, Works of Calder
- Peter Calandra — Jellysmoke, Unknown Soldier
- Jesús Calderón (b. 1976) — Dos Hombres y un Motor, Tin Can Heart, Las Bellas Durmientes
- John Cale (b. 1942) — American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol
- Cali (b. 1968) — J'ai oublié de te dire
- Sean Callery (b. 1964) — 24, Homeland, La Femme Nikita
- Pino Calvi (1930-1989) — Senza Rete
- Pedro Camacho (b. 1979) — Audiosurf, A Vampyre Story, Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island
- Francisco Canaro (1888 - 1964) — He nacido en Buenos Aires, Explosivo 008, Con la música en el alma
- Paul Cantelon (b. 1959) — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, W., The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 film)
- Claudio Capponi (b. 1959) — Jane Eyre, My House in Umbria
- Gerard Carbonara (1886 - 1959) — The Kansan, Stagecoach
- Sam Cardon — The Work and the Glory, Mystic India, The Assignment
- Wendy Carlos (b. 1939) — A Clockwork Orange, Tron, The Shining
- John Carpenter (b. 1948) — Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York
- Pete Carpenter (1914 – 1987) — Bewitched, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Andy Griffith Show
- Hans Carste (1909–1971) — Tagesschau
- Gaylord Carter
- Kristopher Carter
- Doreen Carwithen
- Tristram Cary
- Carles Cases
- Johnny Cash
- Ronald Cass (1923–2006) — Summer Holiday, The Young Ones
- Teddy Castellucci
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
- Brian Castillo
- Nick Cave
- Ryan Cayabyab
- Sapan Chakraborty
- Chakri
- Chan Kwong-wing
- Charlie Chaplin
- Benoît Charest
- Ken Chastain
- Stuart Chatwood
- Jay Chattaway
- Matthieu Chedid
- Yekaterina Chemberdzhi
- The Chemical Brothers (formed 1991) — Hanna
- Yury G. Chernavsky
- Don Cherry
- Paul Chihara
- Ghulam Ahmed Chishti
- Chitragupta
- Salil Chowdhury
- Sandeep Chowta
- Jamie Christopherson
- Toby Chu
- Frank Churchill (1901–1942) — Bambi, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
- Suzanne Ciani
- Alessandro Cicognini
- Grzegorz Ciechowski
- The Cinematic Orchestra
- Stelvio Cipriani
- Julien Civange
- Dolores Claman
- Clannad
- James Kenelm Clarke
- Malcolm Clarke
- Stanley Clarke — The Transporter
- Alf Clausen — The Simpsons
- George S. Clinton — Austin Powers, The Astronaut's Wife, Wild Things
- Charlie Clouser — Saw, Numb3rs, The Stepfather, Resident Evil: Extinction
- Elia Cmiral
- Eric Coates
- Coil
- Ozan Çolakoğlu (b. 1972) — G.O.R.A., Organize İşler, Sınav
- Ray Colcord
- Jude Cole
- Lisa Coleman
- Cyril Collard
- Anthony Vincent Collins
- Phil Collins
- Michel Colombier
- Zebedy Colt
- Peter Connelly
- Con Conrad
- Marius Constant
- Paul Constantinescu
- Bill Conti
- Ry Cooder
- Jason Cooper
- Ray Cooper (b. 1945) — Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Stewart Copeland
- Aaron Copland
- Cecil Copping
- Frank Cordell
- John Corigliano
- Bruno Coulais
- Alexander Courage
- Vladimir Cosma
- Alec R. Costandinos
- Alexander Courage
- Crush 40
- The Crystal Method (formed 1993) — N2O: Nitrous Oxide, London, X Games 3D: The Movie
- Douglas J. Cuomo
- Mike Curb
- Hoyt Curtin
D
- Juan d'Arienzo (1900–1976) — Melodías porteñas, Gente bien
- Daft Punk (formed 1993) — Tron: Legacy
- Ben Daglish (b. 1966) — Gauntlet, Deflektor, The Last Ninja
- V. Dakshinamoorthy (b. 1919) — Nalla Thanka, Mizhikal Sakshi, Navalokam
- Burkhard Dallwitz (b. 1959) — The Truman Show, CrashBurn, The Way Back
- Đặng Hữu Phúc (b. 1953) — Thời xa vắng, Mùa ổi, Gate, gate, paragate
- Britt Daniel
- John Dankworth
- Jeff Danna
- Mychael Danna
- Ken Darby
- Mason Daring
- David Darling
- Samar Das
- Peter Dasent
- Vladimir Dashkevich
- Evelyne Datl
- Shaun Davey
- Iva Davies
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Carl Davis
- Don Davis
- Jonathan Davis
- Miles Davis
- Guido De Angelis
- Maurizio De Angelis
- Francesco De Masi
- Tullio De Piscopo
- Frank De Vol
- Barry De Vorzon
- Dan Deacon (b. 1981) — Twixt Now and Sunrise, Hilvarenbeek
- Dead Can Dance
- Richard DeBenedictis
- John Debney
- Charles Deenen
- Fabian Del Priore
- Norman Dello Joio
- Jack Delano
- Georges Delerue
- Joe Delia
- Julie Delpy
- Milton DeLugg
- Éric Demarsan
- Eumir Deodato (b. 1943) — Bossa Nova
- Olivier Derivière
- Jean Derome
- Russ DeSalvo
- Alexandre Desplat
- Paul Dessau
- Adolph Deutsch
- Stephen Deutsch
- Deva
- Srikanth Deva
- DeVotchKa
- Frédéric Devreese
- Sussan Deyhim
- James Di Pasquale
- Neil Diamond
- Michelle DiBucci
- Vince DiCola
- Enrique Santos Discépolo
- Ramin Djawadi
- Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000) — Guns of the Trees, Visual Variations on Noguchi
- Julius Dobos
- Simon Dobson
- Robert E. Dolan
- Thomas Dolby
- Klaus Doldinger
- Pino Donaggio
- Walter Donaldson
- James Dooley
- Steve Dorff
- Pierre van Dormael
- Paul Doucette
- Joel Douek
- Patrick Doyle
- Carmen Dragon
- Christopher Drake
- Robert Drasnin
- Jojo Draven
- Dennis Dreith
- Mark Dresser
- Nathaniel Drew
- Jorge Drexler
- George Dreyfus
- Howard Drossin
- Jack Curtis Dubowsky
- John Du Prez
- Anne Dudley (b.1956) — American History X, The Crying Game, The Full Monty
- Antoine Duhamel (b.1925) — Pierrot le Fou, Week End
- Charles Dumont
- Isaak Dunayevsky
- Maksim Dunayevsky
- Clay Duncan
- Robert Duncan
- Trevor Duncan
- George Duning
- The Dust Brothers (formed 1985) — Fight Club
- Frank Duval
- Jeff van Dyck
- Dado Dzihan (b. 1964) — Well Tempered Corpses, Sitting Ducks, Breaking and Entering
E
F
G
- Peter Gabriel
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Vincent Gallo
- Martin Galway
- Douglas Gamley
- Gara Garayev
- Anja Garbarek
- Jan Garbarek
- Antón García Abril (b. 1933) — Tombs of the Blind Dead, Los santos inocentes
- Russell Garcia
- Ruy Garcia
- Dan Gardopée
- Snuff Garrett
- Mort Garson
- Georges Garvarentz
- Giorgio Gaslini (b. 1929) — La Notte, Deep Red
- Tony Gatlif (b. 1948) — Vengo, Transylvania, Gadjo dilo
- Mohammed Gauss
- Marvin Gaye (1939–1984) — Trouble Man
- Ron Geesin
- Grant Geissman
- Lisa Gerrard
- Matthew Gerrard
- George Gershwin
- Irving Gertz
- Ghantasala
- Michael Giacchino
- Michael Gibbs
- Richard Gibbs
- Herschel Burke Gilbert
- Gary Gilbertson
- Alan Gill
- Terry Gilkyson
- Daniel Giorgetti
- Paul Giovanni (1933–1990) — The Wicker Man
- Girls Against Boys (formed 1988) — Series 7: The Contenders
- Lutz Glandien
- Scott Glasgow
- Philip Glass (b. 1937) — Koyaanisqatsi, The Hours, Candyman, Powaqqatsi
- Udi Glaser
- Paul Glass
- Patrick Gleeson
- Evelyn Glennie
- Nick Glennie-Smith
- Goblin
- Erik Godal
- Vladimír Godár
- Godiego (formed 1976) — Monkey, Ganbaron, Galaxy Express 999
- Lucio Godoy
- Ramana Gogula
- Matthias Gohl
- Ernest Gold
- Jeffrey Gold
- Murray Gold
- Billy Goldenberg
- Elliot Goldenthal (b. 1954) — Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Alien 3, Frida, Heat, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
- Alison Goldfrapp (b. 1966) — My Summer of Love, Nowhere Boy
- Jerry Goldsmith (1929–2004) — Planet of the Apes, Patton, The Omen, Alien, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Total Recall, Basic Instinct
- Joel Goldsmith
- Jonathan Goldstein
- Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960) — Youth Without Youth, Tetro, 11'09"01 September 11
- Benny Golson
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Miles Goodman
- Ron Goodwin
- Alain Goraguer
- Michael Gordon
- Michael Gore
- Adam Gorgoni
- Manami Gotoh
- Louis F. Gottschalk
- Morton Gould
- Patrick Gowers
- Paul Grabowsky
- Ron Grainer
- Jason Graves
- Allan Gray
- Barry Gray
- Clifford Grey
- Jody Gray
- Gavin Greenaway
- Johnny Green
- Theo Green
- Walter Greene
- Jonny Greenwood (b. 1971) — Bodysong, There Will Be Blood, Norwegian Wood
- Gustaf Grefberg
- Will Gregory (b. 1959) — My Summer of Love, Nowhere Boy
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Rupert Gregson-Williams
- Mark Griskey
- Raymond van het Groenewoud
- Launy Grøndahl
- Herbert Grönemeyer
- Charles Gross
- Jacob Groth
- Louis Gruenberg (1884–1964) — Quicksand, Commandos Strike at Dawn, All the King's Men
- Dave Grusin
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Jean-Pierre Guiran
- Fuat Güner
- Christopher Gunning
- Gurukiran
- Olof Gustafsson
H
- Alexander Hacke
- Manos Hadjidakis
- Georg Haentzschel
- Richard Hageman
- Earle Hagen
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov
- Taro Hakase
- Halfdan E
- Dick Halligan
- Shirō Hamaguchi
- Chico Hamilton
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Chuck Hammer
- Jan Hammer
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Hamsalekha
- Herbie Hancock
- Frederic Hand
- Kentarō Haneda
- James Hannigan
- Ilmari Hannikainen
- Glen Hansard
- Raymond Hanson
- Chihiro Harada
- Hagood Hardy
- Jon Hare
- Kurt Harland
- Leigh Harline
- Joe Harnell
- Don Harper
- Don L. Harper
- Albert Harris
- Johnny Harris
- Sue Harris
- John Harrison
- Jimmy Harry
- Jimmy Hart
- Hal Hartley
- Richard Hartley
- Paul Hartnoll
- Mick Harvey
- Richard Harvey
- Bo Harwood
- Tomoki Hasegawa
- Ichiko Hashimoto
- Paul Haslinger
- Aki Hata
- Tony Hatch
- Donny Hathaway
- Marvin Hatley
- Katsuhisa Hattori
- M. Maurice Hawkesworth
- Alan Hawkshaw
- Fumio Hayasaka
- Hikaru Hayashi — Death by Hanging
- Isaac Hayes
- Tim Haywood
- Richard Hazard
- Jim Hedges
- Neal Hefti
- Reinhold Heil
- Zack Hemsey
- Michael Hennagin
- Joe Henry
- Hans Werner Henze
- Paul Hepker
- Victor Herbert
- Michel Herr
- Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) — Psycho, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Citizen Kane, Taxi Driver
- Paul Hertzog — Bloodsport, Kickboxer
- Dan Hess
- David Hess
- Nigel Hess
- Eric Hester
- Andrew Hewitt
- David Hewson
- Miki Higashino
- Masanori Hikichi
- Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
- Paul Hindemith
- Yoshihisa Hirano
- Susumu Hirasawa
- David Hirschfelder
- Joel Hirschhorn
- Joe Hisaishi
- Peter Hajba
- Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008) — Sword of Sherwood Forest
- Derrick Hodge
- Michael Hoenig
- Friedrich Hollaender
- Dulcie Holland
- David Holmes
- Bo Holten — The Element of Crime
- Arthur Honegger
- Honk (formed 1970) — Five Summer Stories
- Hannu Honkonen
- Johan Hoogewijs
- Les Hooper
- Nicholas Hooper — Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Land of the Tiger
- Nellee Hooper
- Anthony Hopkins (b. 1937) — August, Slipstream, Dylan Thomas: Return Journey
- Antony Hopkins
- Jon Hopkins
- Kenyon Hopkins
- Keith Hopwood
- Trevor Horn
- James Horner (b. 1953) — Aliens, Braveheart, Avatar, The Land Before Time
- Richard Horowitz
- André Hossein
- Tomoyasu Hotei (b. 1962) — Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Samurai Fiction
- James Newton Howard (b. 1951) — The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, The Village, Lady in the Water, The Dark Knight
- Ken Howard
- Alan Howarth
- Peter Howell
- Nihad Hrustanbegovic (b. 1973)
- Rob Hubbard (b. 1955) — Master of Magic, Commando, Auf Wiedersehen Monty
- L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) — The Case He Couldn't Crack, The Problem of Life, What Happened to These Civilizations?[16]
- Robert Hughes
- Scott Humphrey
- Gottfried Huppertz (1887–1937) — Metropolis, Die Nibelungen, The Green Domino
- Craig Huxley
- Søren Hyldgaard
- Dick Hyman
I
- Jacques Ibert (1890–1962) —Adventures of Don Quixote, Golgotha, Macbeth, Conflit
- Abdullah Ibrahim (b. 1934) —Chocolat, No Fear, No Die
- Akira Ifukube (1914-2006) —Godzilla, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Destroy All Monsters, Space Amoeba
- Alberto Iglesias (b.1955) —All About My Mother, The Kite Runner, The Constant Gardener
- Ilaiyaraaja (b. 1943) —Thalapathi, Nayagan, Nizhalkuthu
- Jerrold Immel (b.1936) —Dallas, How the West Was Won, Voyagers!
- In the Nursery (formed 1981) —new music for the silent films The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Man with a Movie Camera, Asphalt
- Daniel Ingram (b. 1975) —My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Pound Puppies, Martha Speaks
- John Ireland (1879–1962) —The Overlanders
- Markéta Irglová (b. 1988) —Once
- Pat Irwin (b. 1955) —Rocko's Modern Life, Loose Women, Class of 3000
- Peter Isaac —John Safran's Race Relations, Speaking in Tongues, Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure
- Mark Isham (b.1951) —Of Mice and Men, The Cooler, Blade, Crash
- Chu Ishikawa —Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Gemini, A Snake of June
- Emir Işılay —Murder on Pleasant Drive, Summerland
- Masumi Itō —Angel Sanctuary, éX-Driver, Galaxy Angel
- Teiji Ito (1935–1982) —Meshes of the Afternoon, The Very Eye of Night
- Peter Ivers(1946–1983) —Eraserhead, Grand Theft Auto, B. J. and the Bear
- Taku Iwasaki —Origin: Spirits of the Past, Uncharted Waters Online, Onimusha
- Taro Iwashiro (b.1965) —Red Cliff, Memories of Murder
- Masaharu Iwata (b. 1966) —Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Final Fantasy Tactics
J
- Steve Jablonsky (b.1970) —Transformers, The Island, Steamboy
- Richard Jacques
- Mick Jagger (b.1943) —Invocation of My Demon Brother, Alfie
- Jaidev
- Shankar Jaikishan
- Ravindra Jain
- Bob James (b.1939) —Taxi, Daniel
- Malek Jandali
- Chas Jankel
- Enzo Jannacci (b.1935) —Seven Beauties
- Werner Janssen
- Jean Michel Jarre
- Maurice Jarre (1924–2009) —Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Topaz, Dead Poets Society
- Michael Jary
- Maurice Jaubert
- Harris Jayaraj
- Wyclef Jean
- Jeet
- Jedediah Jenk
- Merrill Jenson
- Zhao Jiping
- Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim)
- Adan Jodorowsky (b.1979) —Echek, Teou
- Alejandro Jodorowsky (b.1929) —El Topo, The Holy Mountain
- Jóhann Jóhannsson
- Elton John
- Johnson
- J. J. Johnson
- Laurie Johnson
- Nathan Johnson
- Arthur Johnston
- Bobby Johnston
- Jim Johnston
- Brian Jones
- Dan Jones
- John Paul Jones
- Quincy Jones (b.1933) —In Cold Blood, In the Heat of the Night, The Color Purple, Roots
- Tim Jones (b. 1971) —The Forsaken, Chuck, Karla
- Raymond Jones
- Ron Jones
- Trevor Jones (b.1949) —The Dark Crystal, Dark City, Mississippi Burning, The Last of the Mohicans
- Richard Joseph
- Michael Josephs
- Don Julian (1937–1998) —Savage!, Shorty the Pimp
- David Julyan —Memento, The Descent, The Prestige
- Junkie XL (b.1967) —DOA: Dead or Alive, SSX Blur, Need for Speed: ProStreet
- Walter Jurmann
- Patrick Juvet
K
- John Erik Kaada
- Dmitri Kabalevsky
- Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
- Mauricio Kagel
- Gus Kahn
- Akari Kaida
- Yuki Kajiura
- Edd Kalehoff
- George Kallis
- Bert Kalmar
- Peter Kam
- Michael Kamen
- John Kander
- Shigeru Kan-no
- Yoko Kanno
- Tuomas Kantelinen
- Bronisław Kaper
- Sol Kaplan
- Eleni Karaindrou
- Nele Karajlić
- Anton Karas
- Fred Karlin
- Laura Karpman
- Kent Karlsson
- Peter Kater
- Emilio Kauderer
- Jake Kaufman
- Kenji Kawai
- Norman Kay
- Eric Kaz (b. 1947) —Greetings, Hi, Mom!
- Yakov Kazyansky
- John E. Keane
- John M. Keane
- M. M. Keeravani
- Roger Kellaway
- Paul Kelly
- Rolfe Kent
- Walter Kent
- Jerome Kern
- Premasiri Kernadasa
- Aram Khachaturian
- Khaled
- Aashish Khan
- Ali Akbar Khan
- Praga Khan
- Usha Khanna
- Yuri Khanon
- Alex Khaskin
- Mohammed Zahur Khayyam
- Tikhon Khrennikov
- Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
- Shunsuke Kikuchi
- Wojciech Kilar
- Mark Kilian
- Alastair King
- John King
- Kaki King
- Gershon Kingsley
- Basil Kirchin
- Gökhan Kırdar
- Grant Kirkhope
- Martin Kiszko
- Kitarō
- Mark Klem
- Johnny Klimek
- Jan Klusák
- Mark Knight
- David Knopfler
- Mark Knopfler
- Leon Ko
- Erland von Koch (1910–2009) —Kris, It Rains on Our Love, Girl with Hyacinths
- Krzysztof Komeda (1931–1969) —The Fearless Vampire Killers, Rosemary's Baby, Knife in the Water, Cul-de-sac
- Koji Kondo (b. 1960) —Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox 64
- Robbie Kondor
- Joseph Koo
- Ben Kopec
- Hermann Kopp (b. 1954) —Nekromantik, Der Todesking, Nekromantik 2
- Anders Koppel
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Danny Kortchmar
- Mark Korven —I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, Cube, A Scattering of Seeds
- Richard Kosinski
- Joseph Kosma
- Irwin Kostal
- Robert Kraft
- William Kraft
- Robert J. Kral
- Raoul Kraushaar
- John Henry Kreitler
- K. M. Radha Krishnan
- David Kristian
- Mina Kubota
- Vivian Kubrick
- Taro Kudou
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Gary Kuo
- Hitomi Kuroishi
- Emir Kusturica
- Keisuke Kuwata
- Chan Kwong-Wing
- Jesper Kyd
- Milan Kymlicka
L
- John T. La Barbera
- Fariborz Lachini
- Thorsten Laewe
- Bappi Lahiri
- Francis Lai (b.1932) —Love Story, Bilitis, A Man and a Woman
- Nick Laird-Clowes
- Constant Lambert
- Russ Landau
- Marcel Landowski
- Bruce Langhorne
- Daniel Lanois
- Laraaji
- Glen A. Larson
- Nathan Larson
- Richard LaSalle
- James Last
- Alexander Laszlo
- Felice Lattuada
- Tats Lau
- Ken Lauber
- William Lava
- Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
- Tom Lavin
- James Lavino
- David Nessim Lawrence —American Pie, High School Musical
- Elliot Lawrence
- Stephen J. Lawrence
- Maury Laws
- Raam Laxman
- Jean-Marc Lederman
- Lee Byung-woo (b.1965) —A Tale of Two Sisters, The Host, Mother
- Raymond Lefèvre (1929–2008) —Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, La Soupe aux choux
- Michel Legrand (b.1932) —Cléo from 5 to 7, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, F for Fake
- Barry Leitch
- Christopher Lennertz (b.1972) —Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, Saint Sinner, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Supernatural
- Sean Lennon
- Nicholas Lens
- Stefano Lentini
- Patrick Leonard
- Raymond Leppard
- Sondre Lerche (b.1982) —Dan in Real Life
- César Lerner
- Jérôme Leroy
- Yaacov Bilansky Levanon
- Sylvester Levay
- Laurent Levesque
- James S. Levine
- Michael A. Levine
- Krishna Levy (b.1964) —8 Women
- Louis Levy
- Shuki Levy
- Frank Lewin
- Herschell Gordon Lewis
- Leslie Lewis
- Paul Lewis
- Jan Leyers
- Blake Leyh
- Sven Libaek
- Michael Licari
- György Ligeti
- Russell Lieblich
- Sjoerd Limberger
- Krister Linder
- Hal Lindes
- Zdeněk Liška
- Zülfü Livaneli
- Jay Livingston
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Lowell Lo
- Los Lobos
- Didier Lockwood
- Malcolm Lockyer
- Joseph LoDuca —Xena: Warrior Princess, The Evil Dead, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Army of Darkness
- John Loeffler
- Frederick Loewe
- Henning Lohner
- Jon Lord
- Rob Lord
- Saša Lošić
- Alexina Louie
- Louiguy
- Jacques Loussier
- SD Loveday —The Boondock Saints, The Pelican Brief, Red Dwarf, Long Way Round, Long Way Down
- Chris Lowe
- David Lowe
- Mundell Lowe
- Jaye Luckett
- Ralph Lundsten
- Evan Lurie
- John Lurie
- Danny Lux
- David Lynch (b.1946) —Eraserhead, Inland Empire, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
- Liam Lynch
M
- Lebo M (b. 1964) — The Lion King 1½, Long Night's Journey into Day
- Galt MacDermot
- Teo Macero (1925–2008) — Virus, A.k.a. Cassius Clay
- Madonna
- Jun Maeda
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Shankar Mahadevan
- Taj Mahal
- Vusi Mahlasela
- Anu Malik
- Kalyani Malik
- Dmitry Malikov
- Matty Malneck
- Albert Hay Malotte
- Riichiro Manabe
- Josh Mancell
- Mark Mancina
- Henry Mancini
- Johnny Mandel
- Christopher Mann
- Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
- Franco Mannino
- Manohar
- Clint Mansell (b. 1963) — π, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Moon, Black Swan,
- Keith Mansfield
- Marilyn Manson (b. 1969) — Resident Evil, Splatter Sisters
- Tigran Mansurian (b.1939) — The Color of Pomegranates, We and Our Mountains
- Kevin Manthei
- Homero Manzi
- Dario Marianelli (b. 1963) — Atonement, V for Vendetta, Agora
- Chris Marker (b. 1921) — Sans Soleil
- Clair Marlo
- Richard Marriott
- Branford Marsalis
- Wynton Marsalis
- George Martin (b. 1926) — Yellow Submarine, Live and Let Die
- Jerry Martin
- Cliff Martinez (b.1954) — Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Solaris, Kafka
- J Mascis
- John Massari
- Massive Attack (formed 1988) — Danny the Dog, Bullet Boy, Battle in Seattle, Gomorrah
- Diego Masson
- Toshio Masuda
- Muir Mathieson
- Masaya Matsuura
- Dave Matthews
- Siegfried Matthus
- Silke Matzpohl
- Billy May
- Brian May
- Simon May
- Curtis Mayfield (1942–1999) — Superfly
- Toshiro Mayuzumi
- Dennis McCarthy
- Paul McCartney
- Craig McConnell
- Bear McCreary
- Nathan McCree
- Keff McCulloch
- Gary McFarland
- Rory McFarlane
- Don McGlashan
- Bill McGuffie
- Tim McIntire
- Rod McKuen
- Joel McNeely
- Joe Meek
- DJ Mehdi
- Edmund Meisel (b. 1894-1930) — The Battleship Potemkin
- Gil Mellé (1931–2004) — The Andromeda Strain, My Sweet Charlie, Columbo
- Wendy Melvoin (b. 1964) — Heroes, Dangerous Minds
- Loy Mendonsa
- Alan Menken
- Dean Menta
- Johnny Mercer
- Freddie Mercury
- Wim Mertens
- Mateo Messina
- Dominic Messinger
- Micki Meuser
- Mickey J Meyer
- Lanny Meyers
- Guy Michelmore
- Mario Migliardi
- Darius Milhaud
- Mladen Milicevic
- Marcus Miller
- Robyn Miller
- Chieli Minucci
- Paul Misraki
- Shyamal Mitra
- Shinkichi Mitsumune
- Hajime Mizoguchi
- Vic Mizzy
- Moby
- Cyril J. Mockridge
- Mogwai
- Ghulam Mohammed
- Madan Mohan
- S. Mohinder
- Charlie Mole
- Paddy Moloney
- Money Mark
- Francis Monkman
- Egil Monn-Iversen
- Hugo Montenegro
- Guy Moon
- Anthony Moore
- Dudley Moore
- Lennie Moore
- Mike Moran
- Mark Morgan
- Akihiko Mori
- Nobuhiko Morino
- Angela Morley (1924–2008) — Watership Down, The Slipper and the Rose, The Lady Is a Square
- Giorgio Moroder (b. 1940) — Midnight Express, Flashdance, American Gigolo, Scarface (1983 film), Impressionen unter Wasser
- Jerome Moross
- Andrea Morricone (b. 1964) — Cinema Paradiso, Capturing the Friedmans[17]
- Ennio Morricone (b. 1928) — A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Untouchables[18]
- John Morris
- Trevor Morris
- Bob Mothersbaugh
- Mark Mothersbaugh (b. 1950) — The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Rugrats, Crash Bandicoot
- Rob Mounsey
- Leszek Możdżer (b. 1971) — Nienasycenie, 1 000 000 $, Discover Chopin
- Dominic Muldowney (b. 1952) — Nineteen Eighty-Four, Sharpe, Copenhagen
- Mugison (b.1976)) — A Little Trip to Heaven
- Nico Muhly (b. 1981) — The Reader, Margaret
- Manas Mukherjee
- Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay
- Pankaj Mullick
- David Munrow
- Vano Muradeli
- Rika Muranaka — Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- John Murphy (b. 1965) — 28 Days Later, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Sunshine, Kick-Ass
- Stanley Myers (1930–1993) — The Deer Hunter, The Voyager, The Witches
N
O
- Karen O (b. 1978) — Where the Wild Things Are, Jackass Number Two
- Richard O'Brien (b.1942) — Shock Treatment
- Martin O'Donnell (b. 1955) — Halo, Myth, Oni
- Tom O'Horgan
- Walter O'Keefe
- Sharon O'Neill
- Paul Oakenfold (b. 1963) — Swordfish, Appleseed, Vexille, Nobel Son
- Erkan Oğur (b. 1954) — The Bandit, Toss-Up
- Hisayoshi Ogura
- Mike Oldfield
- Orbital (formed 1989) — Event Horizon, Octane
- Norman Orenstein — American Psycho 2, Diary of the Dead, Cube 2: Hypercube
- Shinji Orito
- Buxton Orr
- Riz Ortolani (b. 1931) — Cannibal Holocaust, Africa Addio, Mondo cane
- Michiru Oshima (b. 1961) — Ico, Legend of Legaia, Arc the Lad, Fullmetal Alchemist
- Osibisa (formed 1969) — Superfly T.N.T.
- Kow Otani (b. 1957) — Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Shadow of the Colossus, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
- Alex Otterlei — Xyanide, Totems
- John Ottman (b.1964) — The Usual Suspects, Fantastic Four, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, X2
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (b.1936) — Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, War and Peace
- Mark Ovenden — Yolngu Boy
- Atilla Özdemiroğlu (b. 1943) — Night Journey, Akrebin Yolculuğu
P
Q
R
- R.E.M. (formed 1980) — Man on the Moon
- Jaan Rääts (b. 1932) — Aeg elada, aeg armastada, Ohtlikud mängud
- Peer Raben (1940–2007) — Love Is Colder Than Death, Berlin Alexanderplatz, The Marriage of Maria Braun, Querelle, Veronika Voss, The Third Generation, Lili Marleen
- Trevor Rabin
- James Rado
- Robert O. Ragland
- A. R. Rahman
- Brian Ralston
- Rajan-Nagendra
- David Raksin
- S. Rajeswara Rao
- Ernö Rapée
- Roop Kumar Rathod
- François Rauber
- Raveendran
- Ravi
- Simon Ravn
- Satyajit Ray
- Ray Reach
- Alto Reed
- Mark Reeder (b. 1958) — Nekromantik 2
- Steve Reich
- Ernst Reijseger
- Brian Reitzell
- Franz Reizenstein
- Mike Renzi
- Himesh Reshammiya
- The Residents
- Graeme Revell
- Gian Piero Reverberi
- Silvestre Revueltas
- Graham Reynolds
- Trent Reznor (b. 1965) — Quake, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Rheostatics
- Andi Rianto
- Fred Rich
- Neil Richardson
- Max Richter
- Chris Rickwood
- Nelson Riddle
- Stan Ridgway
- Hugo Riesenfeld
- Waldo de los Ríos (1934–1977) — Savage Pampas, La residencia, A Town Called Hell, ¿Quién Puede Matar A Un Niño?
- Stephen Rippy
- Laza Ristovski
- Lolita Ritmanis
- Paul Robb
- Richard Robbins
- Andy Roberts
- Jamie Robertson
- J. Peter Robinson
- Nile Rodgers
- Robert Rodriguez
- Heinz Eric Roemheld
- Roger Roger
- Sonny Rollins (b.1930) — Alfie
- Alejandro Román
- Alain Romans
- Douglas Romayne
- Sigmund Romberg
- Philippe Rombi
- Manuel Romero
- Paul Romero
- Jeff Rona
- Lior Ron
- Ann Ronell
- David Rose
- Max van der Rose
- Leonard Rosenman (1924–2008) — East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, Fantastic Voyage, The Lord of the Rings
- Laurence Rosenthal
- Roshan
- Atticus Ross (b. 1968) — Touching Evil, New York, I Love You, The Book of Eli, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Leopold Ross — Touching Evil, New York, I Love You, The Book of Eli
- William Ross
- Renzo Rossellini
- Hubert Rostaing
- Nino Rota (1911–1979) — La Strada, La Dolce Vita, The Godfather
- Arnie Roth — Barbie as Rapunzel, Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
- Glen Roven
- Hahn Rowe
- Bruce Rowland
- Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995) — Spellbound, Quo Vadis, Ben-Hur, King of Kings
- Arthur B. Rubinstein
- Donald Rubinstein
- John Rubinstein
- Harry Ruby
- Steve Rucker
- Pete Rugolo
- Mark Russell
- Carlo Rustichelli
- Paolo Rustichelli
- Mark Rutherford
- RZA (b.1969) — Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Afro Samurai
S
- S.E.N.S.
- Haim Saban
- Danny Saber (b. 1966) —Blade II
- Shigeaki Saegusa
- Craig Safan (b. 1948) —The Last Starfighter, Fade to Black, Cheers
- Jamie Saft
- Toshihiko Sahashi
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) —The Assassination of the Duke of Guise
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Salim-Sulaiman
- Hans J. Salter
- Michael Salvatori
- Leonard Salzedo
- Adnan Sami
- George Sanger (b. 1957) —Wing Commander, Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss, The 7th Guest
- John Sangster
- Stéphane Sanseverino
- Carlos Santana
- Gustavo Santaolalla (b. 1951) —Brokeback Mountain, Amores perros, Babel
- Cláudio Santoro
- Philippe Sarde
- David Sardy
- Eric Satie (1866–1925) —Entr'acte
- Masaru Satō
- Naoki Satō
- Tenpei Sato
- Jordi Savall
- Domenico Savino
- Nitin Sawhney
- Paul Sawtell
- Walter Scharf
- Glenn Schellenberg —Zero Patience
- Victor Schertzinger
- Peter Schickele (b.1935) —Silent Running, Where the Wild Things Are
- Lalo Schifrin (b.1932) —Mission: Impossible, Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt, Dirty Harry
- Adam Schlesinger
- Irmin Schmidt
- Johannes Schmoelling
- Enjott Schneider (b. 1950) —March of Millions, Stalingrad, Brother of Sleep, 23
- Helge Schneider
- Alfred Schnittke
- Gaili Schoen
- Eberhard Schoener
- Schoolly D (b.1966) —New Rose Hotel
- Barry Schrader
- Scott Schreer
- Ralph Schuckett
- Norbert Schultze
- Klaus Schulze (b.1947) —Angst, Body Love, Le Moulin de Daudet
- Walter Schumann
- Sigi Schwab
- David Schwartz
- Stephen Schwartz
- Garry Schyman
- John Scott
- Tom Scott
- Peter Sculthorpe
- Humphrey Searle (1915–1982) —The Haunting
- Sebastian (b.1949) —You Are Not Alone
- Fat Segal —Skins
- Misha Segal —The Phantom of the Opera, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, The Last Dragon
- Mátyás Seiber (1905–1960) —Animal Farm
- Mark Seibert
- Tsuyoshi Sekito
- Jun Senoue
- Seppuku Paradigm (formed 2005) —Martyrs, Eden Log, Red Nights
- Alex Seropian
- Éric Serra
- Arban Severin
- Steven Severin (b.1955) —Visions of Ecstasy, Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman
- Thomas Edward Seymour
- Kyriakos Sfetsas
- Marc Shaiman
- Vladimir Shainsky
- Gingger Shankar
- Ravi Shankar
- Ray Shanklin
- Shantel
- Theodore Shapiro
- Jamshied Sharifi
- Shark
- Mani Sharma
- Monty Sharma
- Edward Shearmur
- Bert Shefter
- William Sheller
- Richard M. Sherman
- Robert B. Sherman
- Tetsuya Shibata
- Leroy Shield
- Kevin Shields
- Sumio Shiratori
- David Shire
- Sxip Shirey —Statuesque
- Howard Shore
- Ryan Shore
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Aadesh Shrivastava
- Shudder to Think
- Leo Shuken
- Mort Shuman
- Louis Siciliano
- Steve Sidwell
- Valgeir Sigurðsson
- Louis Silvers
- Alan Silvestri
- Samuel Sim
- Zoran Simjanović
- Carly Simon
- Claudio Simonetti
- Madan Gopal Singh
- Uttam Singh
- 16Volt
- Lucijan Marija Škerjanc
- Frank Skinner
- Leland Sklar
- Andys Skordis
- Cezary Skubiszewski
- Wikluh Sky (b.1980) —A Serbian Film
- Mark Slater
- Michael Small
- Bruce Smeaton
- Paul J. Smith
- Mark Snow
- Sofa Surfers — Komm, süßer Tod, Silentium, Der Knochenmann
- Sohail Sen (b 1984) — Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey[19]
- Martial Solal (b. 1927) — Breathless
- Stephen Sondheim
- Sonic Mayhem — Quake II, Tomorrow Never Dies, Hellgate: London
- Warrick Sony
- Nicolás Sorín
- Ondřej Soukup
- André Souris
- Leonid Soybelman
- Stamatis Spanoudakis
- Benjamin Speed
- Sam Spence
- Herbert W. Spencer
- Spiralmouth
- Glenn Stafford
- Carl Stalling
- Stuart A. Staples
- Herman Stein
- Ronald Stein
- Fred Steiner
- Max Steiner
- Aage Stentoft
- Stereo Total
- Cat Stevens
- Leith Stevens
- Morton Stevens
- David A. Stewart
- Gary Stockdale
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Ethan Stoller
- Robert Stolz
- Richard Stone
- Herbert Stothart
- Patricia Lee Stotter
- Matthew Strachan
- Oscar Straus
- Charles Strouse
- Joe Strummer
- Ike Stubblefield
- Andy Sturmer
- Cong Su
- Morton Subotnick (b.1933) —Dreamwood
- Jeff Sudakin
- Andy Summers
- Sun City Girls
- Keiichi Suzuki
- Georgy Sviridov
- Karel Svoboda
- Mola Sylla
- Władysław Szpilman (1911–2000) —Swit, dzien i noc Palestyny, Doktór Murek, Wrzos, Co rekne zena?
T
- Mousse T. (b. 1966) —Pornorama
- Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) —Ces dames aux chapeaux verts, Les deux timides, Le petit chose
- Masafumi Takada (b. 1970) —Killer7, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, No More Heroes, Michigan: Report from Hell
- Tōru Takemitsu (1930–1996) —Ran, Dodes'ka-den, Woman in the Dunes, Pitfall, The Face of Another, Empire of Passion, Kwaidan
- Joby Talbot (b.1971) —The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, Franklyn
- Frédéric Talgorn (b. 1961) —Robot Jox, Fortress, Heavy Metal 2000
- Tan Dun (b.1957) —Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Don't Cry, Nanking, The Banquet
- Kōhei Tanaka (b.1954) —Vampire Princess Miyu, Alundra, The Granstream Saga
- Tangerine Dream (formed 1967) —Legend, Firestarter, Thief, Sorcerer
- Mikael Tariverdiev
- Brian Tarquin
- John Tavener (b.1944) —Children of Men, Pilgrimage, Battle in Heaven
- Michael Tavera
- Mick Taylor
- Terry Scott Taylor (b.1950) —The Neverhood, Skullmonkeys, Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
- Boris Tchaikovsky
- Team Shanghai Alice
- Jeroen Tel
- Sébastien Tellier
- Tenacious D (formed 1994) —Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Tenacious D
- Tenmon (b. 1971) —She and Her Cat, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Voices of a Distant Star
- Neil Tennant
- John Tesh
- Jeanine Tesori
- Francois Tetaz
- Alan Tew
- Third Ear Band —Abelard and Heloise, Macbeth
- Mikis Theodorakis (b. 1925) —Zorba the Greek, Z, Serpico, State of Siege
- They Might Be Giants
- Maurice Thiriet
- Chance Thomas
- Pete Thomas
- Peter Thomas (b. 1925) —Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion, The Big Boss, Chariots of the Gods
- Stuart Michael Thomas
- Virgil Thomson
- Jon Mikl Thor
- Ken Thorne
- Throbbing Gristle (formed 1975) —In the Shadow of the Sun
- Yann Tiersen
- Tôn-Thất Tiết
- Martin Tillman
- Chris Tilton
- Christopher Tin
- Tindersticks
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- George Tipton
- Boris Tishchenko
- Ernst Toch
- Pyotr Todorovsky
- Richard Tognetti
- Magome Togoshi
- Sotaro Tojima
- Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (formed 1985) —Incredible Crisis, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
- James Tomalin
- Tomandandy —Killing Zoe, Arlington Road, The Hills Have Eyes, Resident Evil: Afterlife
- Tomatito (b. 1958) —Vengo
- Isao Tomita
- Sheridan Tongue
- Pınar Toprak
- Ceiri Torjussen
- Veljo Tormis
- David Torn
- Raúl de la Torre
- Kazumi Totaka
- Toto (formed 1977) —Dune
- Colin Towns
- Kazuhiko Toyama
- Jeff Toyne
- The Transcenders
- Joseph Trapanese
- Stephen Trask
- Armando Trovaioli
- Andrzej Trzaskowski
- Mark Tschanz
- Yuka Tsujiyoko
- Jonathan Tunick
- Tuxedomoon
- Tommy Tycho
- Tom Tykwer
- Brian Tyler
- Christopher Tyng
- Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (1883–1950) —Nicholas Nickleby, The Halfway House, Champagne Charlie
U
- Matt Uelmen
- Nobuo Uematsu (b.1959) —primarily video game music composer; Final Fantasy series, Lost Odyssey, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Blue Dragon
- Tatsuya Uemura
- Kōji Ueno
- Yoko Ueno
- Özkan Uğur
- Shigeru Umebayashi (b,1951) —In the Mood for Love, 2046, House of Flying Daggers, Tears for Sale
- Piero Umiliani
- Underworld
- Christof Unterberger (b. 1970) —Der Anschlag, Stabat, I Love in You
- Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–1990) —No Exit, Line of Apogee
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W
X
Y
Z
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